Reading and control

阅读是一项了不起的人类成就。然而，尽管我们依赖书面交流，许多加拿大人在功能上是文盲。人们普遍认为，更好地了解专家如何阅读（在本例中是他们如何从印刷品中产生一个单词的发音）将有助于我们理解和纠正阅读问题。目前，几乎所有关于专家如何阅读的理论（模型）都假定阅读是由静态的认知系统完成的，该系统不适应环境的变化。我的研究计划的目标是开发一种模式阅读，将适应作为熟练阅读的核心原则之一，并证明这种模式的实用性。我在这个领域的研究已经产生了大量的证据，证明人们如何将正字法翻译成音韵学是一个高度动态的过程。为了继续进行模型开发，我的研究需要沿着两条不同的路径前进——一条是更详细地研究熟练的读者如何将书面文字翻译成译文，另一条是研究语言中涉及的控制过程的本质。追求这些研究方向将促进一种阅读模式的发展，这种模式(1)将控制作为其核心特征之一，(2)将与语言产生中的执行控制理论联系起来。

Reading is a remarkable human achievement. Yet, despite our dependency on written communication many people in Canada are functionally illiterate. It is widely believed that a better understanding of how experts read (in the present case how they generate the pronunciation of a word from print) will help us understand and remediate reading problems. Presently, virtually all theories (models) of how experts read presume that reading is accomplished by static cognitive system that does not adapt to changes in context. The goal of my research program is to develop a model reading that incorporates adaptation as one of the core principles of skilled reading and to demonstrate the utility of such a model. My research in this area has yielded substantial evidence that how people translate orthography into phonology is a highly dynamic process. In order to proceed with model development my research needs to progress along two diverging paths - one that examines in finer detail how skilled readers translate written words into translation and one that examines the nature of control processes involved in language. Pursing these lines of research will facilitate the development of a model of reading that (1) incorporates control as one of its central features and (2) will connect with theories of executive control in language production.